What Can We Expect from Petrol Prices in 2020?
It is forecasted that the number of cars on the roads will double across the world by 2040 — this begs the question, what...
Managing Human and Intellectual Capital for Sustaining African Organisations
By Hamid H. Kazeroony, Yvonne du Plessis, Bill Buenar Puplampu
In this article, the authors examine the needs of African organisations for human and intellectual...
Investing in China: stocks, bonds and portfolio considerations
By Shuntao Li
China has become a hot topic among global investors in recent years, and this is not just because of the success...
The New Trade Future in Asia Pacific
By Dan Steinbock
During the weekend, the Asian-Pacific nations embraced the dream of free trade. Today, President-elect Trump buried it.
Last weekend, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
From Hyper-Finance to Secular Stagnation & Mass Unemployment
By Michel-Henry Bouchet and Robert Isaak
In this article, the authors advocate policies to counter the decoupling of finance from the real economy of productive...
Refugees and Refugee Crises: Some Historical Reflections
By Peter Gatrell
The current Syrian refugee crisis provides an opportunity to look beyond the headlines and to locate it in a broader historical context....
‘India’s Tiktok’ Chingari Launches a Revamped Wallet App With $GARI Token Integration
Chingari, a short video creation app, announced the launch of its revamped mobile application adding its native $GARI token to the app. Announced Monday,...
Making the Best out of the Worst: Businesses That Thrived in the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major economic threat, causing disruptions and challenges for businesses and individuals around the world. The lockdowns and restrictions...
MENA’s Growing Young Population is a Huge Opportunity – If We Get It Right
By Geert Cappelaere
Youth as tomorrow’s builders are the most important segment of the population and they pose a great potential to expand a country’s...
Betting Big on CPEC
By Xiangming Chen, S.K. Joseph and Hamna Tariq
With the launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), one fundamental question to ask is if this...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The World Bank and Neoliberalism: Continuity and Discontinuity in the Making of an Agenda
By Howard Stein
Since the latter part of the 1990s the World Bank has increasingly claimed its main focus is on poverty reduction and development. Among other things, the Bank introduced poverty focused loans, a...
